Boot, shoe and similar footwear



QY J. w. RADBURNE 1,804,545

B OQT, SHOE, AND SIMILAR FOOTWEAR Filed Jan. 26/ 1929 Patented May 12, 1931 Y. FE

& GALE, LEMETED, OF LONDON, EEGLAND, A BR-IIESEE CQMPANY BOOT, SHOE AND SIMILAR FOOTWEAR Application filed January 1821", No. and in Great Britain January 27, 1928.

This invention relates to boots, shoes and similar footwear (hereinafter referred to as shoes for sake of brevity) and in particularto known methods of and means for repairing the same when the soles become worn and it is necessary to replace the sole wholly or partly by a new piece of leather or other suitable material which is provided with a chamfered end for engagement with a simw ilar end on the remaining waist or other port-ion of the original sole for forming a. scarf joint therewith, and its primary object is to provide an improved method of resoling shoes whereby the appearance of a new shoe is present after such resoling has been effected, and a further object is to dispense with the usual riveting or similar securing of the waist end of the sole while the flexibility of the waist and adjoining sole parts 2 is in no way impaired, and the bending of the waist during walking or similar exercise is fully available without any tendency of the joint between the waist and sole becoming broken or loose or the parts forming the joint coming apart.

, According to the invention, the waist end of the new sole is disposed between the sole end of the waist and the insole of the shoe and the sole and waist are secured together and to the insole of the shoe by a suitable adhesive substance or solution. The overlapping parts of the waist and sole are preferably so reduced in thickness as to enable a flush or approximately flush joint to be obtained at the edges of the parts concerned, the overlapping parts being chamfered or skived to a long bevel from the outer to the inner surface thereof towards the waist end of the sole for facilitating its introduction between the waist portion of the sole and the insole of the shoe. In resoling a shoe in accordance with the invention, the sole is cut or sliced from the insole of the shoe to a point beyond the ball or joint portion thereof according to the extent the old sole has been worn. The remaining waist portion is then sufficiently loosened from the insole to enable approximately one inchgfrom the free end of the inner surface thereof to be skived for reducing it to a thin or feather edge. The

new sole to be secured to the shoe is of such a length asto extend from thetoe thereof to a point about one inch beyond the free end of the saidwaist portion in order that about one inchin length of the new sole shall be disposed between the waist portion and the said insole. The portion of the new sole thus disposed between the waist portion and the insole is, also skived or reduced to a comparatively long bevel for producing a thin or feather edge such that the overlapping parts will approximately correspond in thickness to that of the new sole and the said waist portion or gradually vary in thickness from one part to the other, while the edges'of the two parts are such that the adjoining surfaces are practically flush. The inner surfaces of the new sole and that of the exposed portion of the waist and the overlapping parts thereof are coated with a waterproof adhesive solution and pressed on to the aforesaid insole of the shoe until the solution has set whereupon the shoe is ready for wear. if desired, the inner surface of the new sole may be roughened scored or grooved without removing the skin of the leather or attacking thefibres thereof for providing an effective keying of the adhesive solution thereto.

In order that the said invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into effect, the same will now be more fully de scribed by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figures 1 and 2 are respectively perspective views of a shoe with the old sole removed and a part of the waist loosened from the insole, anda shoe provided with a new sole the waist end of which is disposed between the waist and the said insole.

Figures 3 and i are perspective illustrations respectively of the bevelled waist portion and of the new sole.

The waist portion a as previously explained is loosened from the insole for a part of its length as shewn in Figure 1, and the free end thereof skived to a comparatively long bevel, I) such as is more particularly shewn in Figure 3. The new sole 0 shewn in detail in Figure 4: is similarly skived to a similar bevel d so that when the new sole 0 is set in position on the shoe the bevel d will engage and correspond with that of the waist without a preciably increasing the thicknessof the a joining parts of the waist and sole and enable a flush joint to be obtained at the point 0 (Figure 2) where the waist terminates and joins the new sole. If desired, the long bevel of the new sole may be terminated at its inner end with a slight shouldered part f as shewn in Figure 4, for the purpose of efi'ectively receiving the edge of the bevelled part on the waist and providing a sharp clean working edge for the oint between the parts. The sole and waist are coated with the adhesive solution and the latter allowed to set as previously described and after the edges have been trimmed and if necessary coloured the shoe is ready for wear.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A method of resoling shoes, consisting in removing the worn part of the old sole from the insole of a shoe, loosening a portion of the waist of the old sole, skiving a long bevel on the inner surface of the loosened portion of the waist of the old sole, skiving a similar bevel on the outer surface of a new sole, applying a coating of an adhesive solution to the inner surface of the loosened waist portion of the old sole, to the inner surface of the new sole and to the bevelled portions of each part, arranging the new sole in position relatively to the shoe with the skived waist end of the new sole between the free loosened edge or" the waist of the old sole and the insole of the shoe, pressing-the bevelled portions together and the loosened waist portion of the old sole and the newsole on to the insole, and allowing the solution to set with the parts in contact with each other so that the new sole is attached without stitching and without tacks.

2. A shoe having new half sole secured to the insole of the shoe by an adhesive solution with the waist end of the new sole skived to a long bevel and disposed between the insole of the shoe andthe similarly 'skived sole end of the waist portion of the old sole.

' JOHN WILLIAM RADBURNE. 

